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Reply #140 on: October 24, 2010, 05:59:45 PM

Kind of a quiet year overall - most fun things I did at the show were Diablo 3 PvP and Aiur Chef. I was babysitting people the whole time (my own fault, I know).

But that Captain's salami tray was tight, yo. You plump for the roast pork loin, dogg?

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Reply #141 on: October 25, 2010, 08:00:45 AM

The smoothest show I've seen in terms of operation, despite no huge announcements or any other industry-changing things happening.

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Reply #142 on: October 25, 2010, 10:13:44 AM

Where are the cosplay pictures we have come to expect in these threads?

We need some bad costumes to make fun of!

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Reply #143 on: October 25, 2010, 04:43:00 PM

The costumes were as sedate as the presentation this year.  The costume contest was only interesting for the 3 folks who, through various methods, tried to ape the Goat-like legs of Illidan and the Dranei females. None were what I'd call successful.   Illidian won 2nd place tho, so kudos to him.

Really, the dance contest was more interesting to me this year.  The dwarf male guy was great and there was a tense moment where the doing the Undead dance broke his leg.

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Reply #144 on: October 26, 2010, 12:16:10 AM

The broken leg was a fake from what people were saying around the con.

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Reply #145 on: October 26, 2010, 03:59:19 AM

Yeah, Jay said he broke his leg, but given the lack of a very loud *CRACK* and him not howling in pain I figured it was a sprain or a strain at worst.   However, that's how it was presented and he was carried off so in the moment there was some tension. 

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Reply #146 on: October 26, 2010, 11:44:58 AM

I have to revise my previous statement based on what I saw of the Costume Contest. I saw all the costumes but I missed the contest itself.

There's a lot that could be said about the Costume Contest.

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Reply #147 on: October 26, 2010, 01:06:34 PM

I have to revise my previous statement based on what I saw of the Costume Contest. I saw all the costumes but I missed the contest itself.

There's a lot that could be said about the Costume Contest.

Go on...

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Reply #148 on: October 26, 2010, 03:17:17 PM

Missed cues, Jay (even though I laughed at it) doing double interviews, very poor stage design, (Steep, unsteady stairs, in some cases)...

I felt more with Jay Mohr on how things were going. "This is a well-oiled machine folks." Jay pissed Kat off and it was obvious.

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Reply #149 on: October 26, 2010, 03:24:49 PM

Yeah he was being kind of a douche during the interview part, deliberately it seemed like.

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Reply #150 on: October 26, 2010, 04:12:44 PM

He was clearly intoxicated.

Or High. I'm going to go with High this year.

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Reply #151 on: October 27, 2010, 09:31:55 AM

Seeing Red Shirt Guy makes me want to go just for the Lore Q & A!  awesome, for real

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Reply #152 on: October 27, 2010, 12:02:47 PM

Man, I was at that panel, and that guy wins the prize for being the least socially apt question asker at the entire convention. By a mile. And that is saying something.

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Reply #153 on: October 27, 2010, 04:59:33 PM

Yeah, I watched that panel and it was a standout in a whole series of socially awkward inquisitors.   Still didn't make me rage in the  "wtf kind of question is that" sense like the Jaina-Thrall woman, though. 

Seriously. Give it up!

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Reply #154 on: October 27, 2010, 05:00:36 PM

She was almost in tears after Metzen said no way not ever, too.

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Reply #155 on: October 27, 2010, 08:43:58 PM

Which is incredibly baffling!

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Reply #156 on: October 28, 2010, 08:44:30 AM

That she was in tears or the answer was no-way not ever, when Jaina's practically humping him like the manly Orc he is every time they interact?

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Reply #157 on: October 28, 2010, 12:13:52 PM

That she was in tears, I've never really saw the supposed flirting/sexual tension/whatever you want to call it between Jaina and Thrall. She is certainly not "practically humping him," she treats him like a friend she respects and who has the same goals as she does (peace). In fact he's pretty much the only other person on Azeroth who shares her goal, so it's not really surprising she likes him a lot. But I have never, ever, EVER thought she had anything remotely resembling a crush on him.

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Reply #158 on: October 28, 2010, 01:40:39 PM

It was sort of kind of vaguely implied at in Warcraft 3 I seem to recall, but that's as far as I ever noticed it.

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Reply #159 on: October 28, 2010, 07:31:21 PM

I love the idea of caring about lore from a company that typically has the most badly written dreck in the whole industry.
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Reply #160 on: October 28, 2010, 11:23:38 PM

She was almost in tears after Metzen said no way not ever, too.

Someone please tell me there is a video of this.
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Reply #161 on: October 29, 2010, 03:56:14 AM

She was almost in tears after Metzen said no way not ever, too.

Someone please tell me there is a video of this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6mDJlyEWIE

7 mins in.

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Reply #162 on: October 29, 2010, 02:44:30 PM

They looked like they totally wanted to be there.  Ohhhhh, I see.
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Reply #163 on: October 29, 2010, 03:25:12 PM

Watch the whole thing, then ask yourself if YOU would want to be there.  It's a fun getaway for players, it's a mandatory office event for them. 

Plus, dealing with the socially awkward is always a chore.

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Reply #164 on: October 29, 2010, 10:24:52 PM


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Reply #165 on: October 30, 2010, 12:42:37 AM

Best part of that link, despite the inability to spell Horde.

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Reply #166 on: October 30, 2010, 03:09:31 AM

 DRILLING AND MANLINESS I always liked those ads.



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Reply #167 on: October 30, 2010, 09:39:36 AM

The ads were better pre-2001 when they were "Real American Heros".


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Reply #168 on: November 02, 2010, 10:43:12 PM

Watch the whole thing, then ask yourself if YOU would want to be there.  It's a fun getaway for players, it's a mandatory office event for them. 

Plus, dealing with the socially awkward is always a chore.

Right, but isn't the whole point of Blizzcon to foster better developer-player relations in order to sell more stuff? Kinda defeats the purpose if you give a cold shoulder to the players adamant enough to wait in the Q and A line.

But at the same time, yes. I would hate to be on that panel.
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Reply #169 on: November 03, 2010, 07:38:03 AM

Making decisions on your game by listening to the lunatic fringe that's willing to wait in line forever in a gaming conference is like making coaching decisions based on the ramblings of sports talk radio callers.

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Reply #170 on: November 03, 2010, 12:43:00 PM

I don't think he was suggesting that you actually act on what the lunatic fringe says in the QA line, just that you don't smirk like a douche while they mumble their insanity.

I actually think (based only upon the video clips) that they mostly achieved that goal.
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